Tuesday - I've extended my bike ride to 12.5 km one way, and doing the last hill up to Canada Olympic Place (C.O.P.) I knew I was running out of steam. Looks to be a lot of snow predicted tonight, so I may shorted my ride to my shorter 8.4 km one.
So this week I was sick Monday but got in a late evening run, I did do 5km but not without a lot of rests. Tuesday I challenged myself and biked from COP to downtown (25 lm) and back. Which really took a lot out of me, I was sooo drained Tuesday night. So Wednesday I decided to take it easy and do the short ride from Shouldice (16 km). Thursday I did the Shouldice ride, and made awesome time getting downtown, so good I decided I should do a run at lunch.
Well I really didn't want to do the run, I had myself almost talked out of it a few times. But I finally decided I'd go and try it and if I was that tired and drained then I'd quit. The run started okay, I knew immediately that I'd need to take more breaks but thats okay. What bothered me was that I didn't have any tunes to distract me and that my legs felt like lead weights for most of the run. I did my shorter downtown run (from 10th to Princess Island Park) which is about 3.5 km. My ride back wasn't so bad but nothing like my morning run.
It makes you wonder what keeps a person going, that drive to get up and go for a run when your tired, when its so tempting to just sit and relax and chat with friends. Days like today really amaze me that I actually accomplished so much, when I wanted to do so little.
Tomorrow (Friday) we have off at work, so I was thinking I'd mix things up and take my dog for a hike in the mountains. Something I've not done in the winter but I know he'd love it. There is a great little hike called Heart Creeek close to Canmore, so I think I'll go do that and perhaps wander around Canmore afterwards.
Who knows what other adventures I'll take on this weekend. Perhaps a really long bike ride, or a dip in the pool or....
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